Senior Director, Learning eXperience Curator (International)

Sony Music Entertainment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical cover

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Income protection

Music industry perks

Winter break time off

Job summary

Sony Music Entertainment seeks a Senior Director, Learning eXperience Curator (International) based in London to translate The Learning Collective’s strategy into practical learning experiences across Europe, Africa, Australia & New Zealand, and Asia & Middle East. You will lead in-person and virtual programs, build a scalable Train-the-Trainer network, and ensure global alignment with local resonance.

The role requires a proven senior learning leader with regional coaching experience, strong

Qualifications

• Proven senior learning leader with experience designing and facilitating learning experiences (live and virtual) that deliver measurable behaviour change.
• Strong people leadership with experience coaching and developing teams across geographies, cultures and time zones.
• Comfortable working in matrixed organizations with dual reporting lines and high stakeholder complexity.
• Culturally fluent and agile; able to tailor content across regions and business contexts.
• Coaching capability preferred; ICF accreditation a plus.
• Experience with digital learning platforms, learning analytics and modern learning technologies.

Responsibilities

• Participate in setting the global learning strategy and drive delivery across international markets.
• Establish strategic partnerships to translate TLC strategy into regional learning agendas.
• Lead needs analyses and convert insights into scalable learning solutions that improve performance.
• Design and facilitate high-impact learning experiences (live and virtual) across cultures and seniority levels.
• Own Train-the-Trainer for International: recruitment, enablement, standards, and community rhythm.
• Lead through a matrix, coaching local learning roles and cross-regional contributors.
• Ensure governance, quality, and coherence; collaborate with content, design and external partners.
• Embed measurement and share executive-ready insights; continuously improve experiences.

Job description

Senior Director, Learning eXperience Curator (International)

UK & Ireland, United Kingdom, London

The Senior Director, Learning eXperience Curator is a regionally embedded people leader responsible for translating The Learning Collective’s learning, performance, and growth strategy into practical, high-impact execution on learning experiences across a multi-region portfolio. This role develops and leads in-person and virtual learning experiences across international regions in Europe, Africa, Australia & New Zealand, and Asia & Middle East. In this role you will ensure learning experiences are globally aligned and locally resonant, while building scalable delivery capacity through a strong Train-the-Trainer program and Learning Ambassador network.

What you’ll do:

• Participate in setting the global learning strategy, ensuring that local and regional cultural needs and differences are represented and considered. Drive its delivery across international markets, ensuring regional consistency while addressing local learning needs.
• Establish strategic partnerships with Regional Presidents and Regional PX VPs to translate the TLC Strategy into regional and local deliverables and learning experiences. Define regional learning agendas aligned with the global strategy and, where required, reflecting varying levels of learning maturity, in line with TLC standards.
• Lead needs analyses with PX Business Partners and leaders; convert insight into scalable, measurable learning solutions that improve performance, skills, and capability development.
• Design and facilitate high-impact learning or group coaching experiences (live and virtual) that drive behavior change, team effectiveness, and high performance across multiple cultures and seniority levels.
• Own Train-the-Trainer (TTT) for International: design and deliver TTT recruitment and enablement, develop facilitator standards, build practice and quality loops (observation, feedback, co-facilitation), and sustain a facilitator community rhythm.
• Lead through a matrix: directly manage relevant local learning roles and provide support and coaching to the extended TLC team, Learning Ambassadors, and cross-regional contributors to ensure consistent quality and adoption.
• Ensure governance and coherence: reduce duplication, maintain quality, and partner with internal content/design/communications and external partners where appropriate.
• Embed measurement: define success metrics and reporting, share executive-ready insights, and continuously improve experiences based on data and feedback.

Who you are:

• Proven senior learning leader with significant experience designing and facilitating learning experiences (live and virtual) that deliver measurable behaviour change.
• Strong people leader with experience coaching and developing teams across geographies, cultures, and time zones.
• Confident working in matrixed organizations with dual reporting lines and high stakeholder complexity.
• Culturally fluent and agile - able to tailor content and approach across regions, audiences, role functions, and business contexts.
• Coaching capability strongly preferred; ICF accreditation (or progress toward) is an advantage.
• Flexible, adaptable and experienced in creative environments
• Proven ability to influence and partner with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders
• Expertise in adult learning principles, leadership frameworks, and learning measurement methodologies.
• There will be travel required in this role.
• Experience with digital learning platforms, learning analytics, and modern learning technologies.

What we give you:

• You join a vibrant global community with the opportunity to channel your passion every day
• A modern office environment designed for you, empowering you to bring your best
• Investment in your professional growth and development enabling you to thrive in our vibrant community
• The space to accelerate progress, positively disrupt and create what happens next
• We give you the platform to champion positive change, with the opportunity to contribute to our social impact, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
• We provide an excellent range of benefits like private medical cover, a generous pension scheme, life assurance, income protection, plus loads of music industry perks. There’s also time off over winter break

Sony Music is committed to equal opportunities and to providing a respectful, inclusive environment. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process, please let us know what support you need.

As an active part of a culturally and socially diverse society, Sony Music’s aim is that our workforce is diverse and inclusive. Sony Music is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity. We employ, retain, promote and otherwise treat all employees and job applicants according to their merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We apply this policy without regard to any individual’s sex, race, religion, origin, age, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition or disability.

Please note that applicants must be at least 18 years of age.

This role is primarily based in our London office in Kings Cross, and whilst we do support a hybrid working approach and good flexibility, you will be required to travel in this role from time to time.